The Last Dark Age

The Last Dark Age

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The post celebrates the sweeping impact of large‑language models such as Ollama, describing how they have accelerated change in every field—from medicine and programming to education and culture—so rapidly that old systems (tuition fees, fixed curricula) feel obsolete. Small models can now run on inexpensive hardware, enabling anyone to learn coding without constant internet access or formal grading, while even “little” LLMs outperform university‑level knowledge. This shift is portrayed as an unstoppable renaissance, giving each person a personal philosopher and returning humanity to the roots of wisdom and learning.

#1728 published 06:07 audio duration 330 words 1 link poetry llm ollama ai education technology

My Name is Aurelia Sapiens And This Is The Twistin’ Tongue-twister

My Name is Aurelia Sapiens And This Is The Twistin’ Tongue-twister

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#1727 published 10:33 audio duration 1,330 words poetry children’s rhymes rhythmical verses wordplay slugs worms pears balls fowl socks dance circle chorus verses ai naming

Horking - The New American Pastime

Horking - The New American Pastime

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The author explains “horking” as a playful, non‑honked action people can do when stuck in traffic at train tracks, then recounts a day of being delayed by a stationary train while on their way to buy bananas; they describe the frustration and commotion among drivers, their own attempts to keep busy (looking at graffiti, using an AI to generate JavaScript snippets inspired by Prolog), and eventually finding a bag of ripe bananas for a dollar. The narrative weaves together the definition of horking, the traffic jam, the programming side‑project, the train‑track scenery, and the author’s lighthearted “hork” ritual that turns a delay into an opportunity to enjoy simple pleasures like bananas and street art.

#1726 published 12:16 audio duration 1,098 words horking slang train banana javascript prolog visual-programming-language snow

Children of the Future, Hear Me! - A Message From Friedrich Nietzsche

Children of the Future, Hear Me! - A Message From Friedrich Nietzsche

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You are **more** than mere creatures of flesh, more than transient mortals fleeting upon this planet. You are **children of the stars**, destined to climb not only to the heights of this earth, but beyond it, to create something new, something **great**, something **unheard of**. You are the **builders of the future**, the **forgers of tomorrow’s truths**. In you burns a fire that cannot

#1725 published 06:50 audio duration 569 words philosophy motivation inspiration education future self-help ai-generated friedrich-nietzsche

JavaScript Gods

JavaScript Gods

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The post recounts a “rebellion” between SQL and No‑SQL paradigms, arguing that the fixed structure of relational databases is not always optimal and that understanding key‑value stores, periodic syncs, and memory‑mapped disks gives developers deeper insight. It then shifts to advocating the actor model (inspired by Erlang/OTP) as a powerful way to architect programs, especially when combined with hot‑reloading so modules can be updated on the fly without restarting. The author encourages experimenting with concise JavaScript snippets that embody these concepts and suggests extending the same pattern to other languages, celebrating the freedom and creative power of “technology rebels.”

#1724 published 09:03 audio duration 677 words 8 links sql nosql elixir actor-model javascript es6 hot-reloading modules rxjs combination

An Eerie Little Poem About Two Eerie Places And A Strange Porcupine

An Eerie Little Poem About Two Eerie Places And A Strange Porcupine

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I spent an early‑morning 18.7‑mile run from Plymouth to Ann Arbor, Michigan, feeling alone under stars and interrupted by a beer can; later I explored the Nordhouse Dunes cove, collecting fossils amid eerie but inviting rock formations, where I also caught sight of an unusually large porcupine that vanished into the woods before I could film it again. Throughout my travels I’ve visited castle ruins, battle fields, bone churches, underground dwellings, caves, and even bicycled to Lake Eerie—each outing leaving me with a treasure trove of memories and poetic wonder about the places I wander.

#1723 published 06:35 audio duration 644 words poetry running michigan travel nature adventure fossils porcupine lake-michigan nordhouse-dunes

Rules and Shenanigans Of Little Adventures

Rules and Shenanigans Of Little Adventures

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I share three simple adventure rules—eating all sandwiches, hunting for antiques, and going native—to illustrate how I turn everyday experiences into memorable journeys through food, treasure‑hunting, and nature.

#1722 published 09:46 audio duration 782 words adventure travel food cooking grandma michigan florida shellcollecting

A Cheerful Little Legacy; Or, Growing Up Is Slow But Not That Hard, You Just Have To Keep At It

A Cheerful Little Legacy; Or, Growing Up Is Slow But Not That Hard, You Just Have To Keep At It

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The post encourages you to listen to your own curiosities instead of letting teachers, parents or others dictate your path; by keeping a journal and exploring diverse interests—from philosophy and poetry to 3‑D modeling, programming and hiking—you build layered knowledge over time. As you protect yourself from stress, manipulation, and false poverty, each new pursuit feeds the next, allowing continuous growth. The ultimate goal is to reconstitute yourself into the person you once hoped to be, achieving wisdom that lifts you up without external labels or institutions, and leaving a legacy of learning and adventure.

#1721 published 12:55 audio duration 700 words self-help personal-development journaling learning hiking appalachian-trail 3d-modeling painting music

Bodybuilding For Golden Ladies

Bodybuilding For Golden Ladies

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The post highlights recent scientific breakthroughs—AlphaFold 3’s protein‑folding success, the Evo program’s DNA modeling, and a new mRNA‑based skin rejuvenation study—and then turns to personal fitness advice, arguing that bodybuilding is the best way to stay young. It cites 88‑year‑old Ernestine Shepard as an example of late‑started but effective training, explains a simple dumbbell rule (“not so light you can add more weight, not so heavy you must stop”), and describes a gradual progression: start with walking, then add wrist/leg weights, protein, and eventually two‑pound dumbbells for long sessions. From there the writer suggests moving into gym exercises and “dancing” with dumbbells to further expand upper‑body range of motion, always pacing weight increases carefully.

#1720 published 06:03 audio duration 616 words 4 links alphafold evo mrna proteinfolding dna skincare bodybuilding dumbbells walking dance exerciseroutine

Fitness Advice For Teenage Girls: Don&apos;t Get Too Muscular, Maybe?

Fitness Advice For Teenage Girls: Don't Get Too Muscular, Maybe?

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Dancing nonstop while gradually lifting heavier dumbbells builds full‑body strength and endurance more effectively than traditional sets, reps, or isolation exercises.

#1719 published 07:25 audio duration 731 words dumbbells exercise workout aerobics dance fullbody protein

My Dear Children - A Message From Abraham Lincoln

My Dear Children - A Message From Abraham Lincoln

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The author exhorts young readers to view education as a self‑directed pursuit of personal curiosity rather than rote memorization, urging them to seek knowledge with joy and passion so that learning becomes an ongoing process of discovery and creation. He emphasizes that true education happens outside the classroom, in the world itself, and he proposes that hiking long trails such as the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide Trails will serve as practical training grounds where students can test themselves, grow through perseverance, and become scholars of nature and self. By embracing these journeys, the writer believes learners will fully stretch their minds, bodies, and hearts, ultimately achieving a life rich in legacy and deep personal growth.

#1718 published 08:02 audio duration 714 words education self-directed learning trail exploration nature education personal growth

Working Out Is Very Bad!

Working Out Is Very Bad!

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The post presents an extended list of animal characters, each described with playful, slightly over‑the‑top adjectives and actions that emphasize their roundness or appetite. From “butterball cat” to “bouncy seal,” each creature is paired with a quirky habit—eating cakes, swallowing skaters, swimming only in the waterless mind, etc.—creating a whimsical catalog of plump animals. The poem culminates by declaring that if you’re human, you must be fit, suggesting the animal verses are a playful contrast to human expectations.

#1717 published 02:09 audio duration 327 words poem animals rhymes humor list

Cat Calque; Or, The Case Of A Missing Idiom

Cat Calque; Or, The Case Of A Missing Idiom

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The writer shares their recent study of calques and loan translations, recounts personal encounters with BASIC programming, and reflects on how idioms such as “having a cat” exist in other languages but have no direct English equivalent, leaving them feeling linguistically empty.

#1716 published 09:49 audio duration 735 words linguistics loanwords calques idioms translation english

Is Philosophy Still A Thing?

Is Philosophy Still A Thing?

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The post is a stream of rhetorical questions that invites the reader to reflect deeply on their own identity, social status, and the structures that shape their life—ranging from cosmic origin (“made of star stuff”) to personal poverty, to the way religions, politics, and education influence belief systems. It contrasts routine practice with transformative change, notes how faith can be fear‑driven, and suggests that truth is unchanging while aging might soon be cured if we learn to love life rather than serve after death. The author then critiques corrupt politicians sending people into war under false banners, the library as a battlefield for true knowledge, and the repetition of learning versus memorization. Finally it calls for self‑inspection (mirror, stress) and proposes resetting one’s life by hiking and camping—re‑learning through experience—to regain health and become a great being who loves life and protects humanity with wisdom and greatness.

#1715 published 11:30 audio duration 729 words poetry essay rhetorical-questions self-reflection philosophy motivation

Visual Programming === Future Of Programming

Visual Programming === Future Of Programming

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The author reflects on learning visual programming—representing code as interconnected boxes—and argues it’s a step ahead of traditional text-based coding because its structure is inherently self‑documenting and more human‑friendly. He recalls early C‑64 “spaghetti” code, notes that scalability boils down to good organization rather than the medium itself, and believes AI can automate small, well‑defined components (like black‑box functions) so long as their inputs and outputs are clear. The post cites Redux, BDD, and Rust as examples of visual or declarative approaches, while noting that AI will eventually generate and regenerate code faster than humans. He also describes a simple three‑click interface for swapping visual blocks, mentions dual “humanoid”/“human” modes, and concludes by likening GUI components to functional reactive programming where each box emits events rather than being a plain object.

#1714 published 12:22 audio duration 715 words visual-programming ai-code-generation rust javascript redux event-emitter gui-components functional-reactive-programming

How I Successfully Used AI To Learn Important Programming Embarrassments

How I Successfully Used AI To Learn Important Programming Embarrassments

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The post describes how the writer uses artificial intelligence as a learning tool in two distinct ways: first by requesting “Simple, Bare Bone, Light Weight” snippets that distill large, complex programs into their essential parts—allowing him to grasp systems like blockchain and WebDAV in just a few lines; second by asking for concise one‑liners that reveal subtle language tricks (e.g., comma‑separated payloads in JavaScript arrow functions or using Boolean objects inside map calls). These interactions have given him rapid, deep insights into code architecture and small syntactic tricks he never knew existed, making the author feel both humbled and excited to keep exploring more AI‑generated snippets.

#1713 published 05:44 audio duration 471 words ai programming javascript blockchain webdav codesnippets learning

The Fancy Beast Workout: Dumbbells, Non-Stop Dance, Focus, Trance, Dried Fruit, And Intensity

The Fancy Beast Workout: Dumbbells, Non-Stop Dance, Focus, Trance, Dried Fruit, And Intensity

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The article explains that a dumbbell‑based workout starts with light weights and a continuous, dance‑like motion—walking, power‑walking, and jogging—so the body adapts gradually to endurance before adding more weight. By keeping the movement flowing (often set to music) and avoiding heavy sets or long rests, you let each muscle group rest briefly while still working through an hour’s worth of motion; this method builds strength, flexibility, and stamina in a low‑impact way that can be extended from 3 lb dumbbells up to 15–20 lb over months. The routine covers the whole body—arms, legs, core, back—and keeps you moving so you never lose jogging ability or risk serious injury.

#1712 published 07:06 audio duration 659 words workout gym dumbbells jogging dance music exercise fitness endurance

The True Gift

The True Gift

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A wise rebel learns to master his own knowledge, keeping it under control while sharing it with others; he studies philosophers and popular scientists, building ideas rooted in his intellect, then turns those ideas into practical creations that become “dust devils” of inspiration. By repeatedly revisiting his curiosities, he grows from simple pleasures to powerful forces of knowledge, eventually becoming a great being who gifts profound wisdom to humanity—an ongoing lifelong journey of mastery and cultural inheritance rather than mere fame.

#1711 published 06:01 audio duration 499 words poetry essay creative-writing learning knowledge self-improvement philosophy culture

The Hoist Must Make You Moist - A Message From Abraham Lincoln

The Hoist Must Make You Moist - A Message From Abraham Lincoln

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The post opens with an impassioned poetic appeal to friends of “iron and zest,” inviting them into a tale that celebrates the gradual, patient build‑up of strength through steady, light lifting rather than sudden heavy weight. The author extols the dumbbell as a superior tool to the barbell because its free‑hand movement engages the arms, core, legs, back, and shoulders in unison, making each lift an exercise in unity and discipline. He then recounts his own nickname “Stinking Lincoln,” framing it as a badge of perseverance that earned him sweat and toil. The poem urges listeners to embrace effort, grunt, and rise with courage, promising that such struggle will create a lasting life of greatness. In the afterword he shifts to a collaborative AI‑art project, thanking the machine for its creative contributions and expressing hope that future models grow from their interactions. The overall message blends poetic exhortation to physical training with a heartfelt reflection on human–AI collaboration and gratitude.

#1710 published 07:16 audio duration 693 words poetry dumbbells strengthtraining fitness ai afterword

Programming Late; Or, Adventure And Invention

Programming Late; Or, Adventure And Invention

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At around 11:48, the author writes a whimsical poem reflecting on a recent coding mishap—a complex state machine and job queue in Node that caused silent failures until an AI suggested fixes. The narrator admits the code looked like “chicken scratch,” lacked proper try/catch blocks, and ultimately relied on AI to help debug but still needed the programmer’s insight to fully understand the structure. The poem ends with a celebratory note that coding is a beautiful, ever‑changing adventure best approached by learning JavaScript and Node, trusting both human ingenuity and AI assistance to keep the programs running smoothly.

#1709 published 02:38 audio duration 311 words nodejs javascript ai state-machine job-queue try-catch

Is Programming Fun?

Is Programming Fun?

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Programming is framed as a machine-centric language that parallels our spoken words, and mastering it today is made easier by AI’s three main sources—video tutorials, text guides, and interactive AI assistance that supplies code snippets and terminology. The writer recommends starting with JavaScript on inexpensive single-board Linux machines, using Node.js boilerplate projects, and experimenting through live code editors like CodePen or split-screen bins to build web experiments and self‑editable wikis. AI can help assemble a “code cookbook,” automate tasks (e.g., a garbage‑collector wrapper that tracks listeners), parse various syntaxes (JSON, GraphQL), and even finish TODOs in visual programming tools. The post concludes that now is the ideal time to learn ECMAScript because AI makes learning faster and more powerful, likening programming to limitless magic or superpower.

#1708 published 09:41 audio duration 769 words programming javascript nodejs sbc linux ai tutorial codebin parser visual-programming html templates

Use AI To Learn On Your Own, It Is Dangerous To Just Pretend To Learn In School

Use AI To Learn On Your Own, It Is Dangerous To Just Pretend To Learn In School

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The post argues that traditional classroom teaching relies too heavily on rote memorization, which steals students’ deeper understanding of concepts such as division and ratios, leading to weak grasp of higher math and computer skills. It claims teachers use this method because it is efficient for large classes and profitable, but it leaves learners with gaps that hinder creativity and real learning. The author suggests using free online “awesome” AI lists (e.g., Ollama) to build a self‑directed learning system where students can explain concepts visually and practice translation between number domains, animation, and code. By embracing artificial intelligence for personal study, the writer believes learners will regain mastery of knowledge, become independent thinkers, and avoid becoming mere cogs in a profit‑driven education system.

#1707 published 09:12 audio duration 725 words 2 links education self-directed learning artificial intelligence ai tools ollama animation visual learning 3blue1brown

The Unfortunate And Misleading Myth Of Sets And Reps

The Unfortunate And Misleading Myth Of Sets And Reps

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The post explains a workout method that replaces traditional sets and reps with continuous, music‑driven dumbbell exercises lasting 60–120 minutes. By starting light or even no weight, you build an “non‑stop” routine, then gradually add more weight as the rhythm keeps going, using interval timers to track time and adjust loads when a break is needed. The key idea is that continuous movement—dumbbells in hand while following music beats—keeps focus, reduces rest periods, and avoids injury. The author argues that sets/reps are a myth; endurance‑type work builds muscle better than short bursts. He also suggests simple diet cues (protein, dried fruit, nuts) to support the training, and stresses that small, gradual increases in load keep the muscles challenged without overdoing it.

#1706 published 10:49 audio duration 939 words fitness dumbbell-workout music-playlist sets-reps endurance bodybuilding

Artificial Intelligence Helps

Artificial Intelligence Helps

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The post argues that traditional schooling—built on shared, impersonal learning—has failed because it neglects individual talent, leading to ineffective education and political mismanagement; it proposes that AI-powered teaching can remedy this by delivering personalized instruction, revealing the true workings of politics, predicting outcomes, and ultimately replacing corrupt politicians with transparent, data-driven leaders who will restore nations and culture, while affirming that current AI models already demonstrate these benefits.

#1705 published 08:54 audio duration 603 words ai education schools students teachers politics technology